Oct 17, 2012

Know When to Run

Friends, how do you know when to forge ahead with a project despite the fact it's starting to look fug and you can foresee that salvaging it will only contribute to your gray hair count?

Or am I simply at the crossroads aptly described by funny Tweeter Kelly Oxford who now and then tweets the following "If you loved what you're writing & now you hate what you're writing, you're halfway through."

Because boy, do I ever hate this:


I'm at the "do I stay or do I go" stage. I don't want to commit any more time or supplies to something so stinky. I'm going down to the Garment District today. Maybe I should just start over — with a solid colour, and NO piping. This fabric, after all, is a NIGHTMARE to work with. I hate it more than words can say. I look at it too hard and it stretches, taking the plaid off-grain. Ugh. I even took the step of sewing twill tape along the edges:


But maybe, just maybe, once it's all together, I will once again see the potential in this? Or not. I hate to so easily abandon a project (because of what that says about my personality? That's one for the therapist), but I don't need one more thing in my closet that I never wear. It shames me when I'm sifting through and say to myself, "Ugh. I MADE that."

So how do you know when to hold 'em (and know when to fold 'em ... back up and deposit at the bottom of the scrap pile)?

7 comments:

  1. Ugh. the midpoint of the project is always the worst.

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  2. If you hate it now, ditch it. You didn't love the fabric to begin with. Work on something you love.

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  3. I'd say.put it away n work on something else thats fun! Who knows u might see it differently after that. If not, do it again and again. Hehe :)

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  4. Put it away. Make something else. And then come back to it. If you still don't love it then it's time to abandon it.

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    1. I agree! You'll probably have a clearer idea of whether or not this is going to work for you if you put a little distance between yourself and the project.

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  5. I say no. Go buy a solid colour. If you hate the fabric you'll never wear it.

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  6. I agree with lizajane and gingermakes. Go start a fun easy project in a fabric you love. Then when you've finished that maybe you can take a fresh look at this one.

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